You can slap a Pixel Watch 2 on your wrist for just $224 right now

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The Pixel Watch 3 whitethorn beryllium the shining refinement Google’s wearable lineup needed, but the last-gen Pixel Watch 2 is inactive a large buy. That’s particularly existent erstwhile you tin get it for arsenic debased arsenic $224 ($26 off) — which is the watch’s existent starting terms astatine some Amazon and Best Buy.

Although the Pixel Watch 3 introduces a big of solid improvements — including a bigger and brighter display, a caller 44mm size, AI-generated workout suggestions, and offline Google Maps — the second-gen Pixel Watch is inactive a looker. It lone comes successful 1 size (41mm), and the usable show country is lone astir 10 percent smaller than the third-gen model. It besides uses the aforesaid Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear W5 Gen 1 chip, though it lacks the ultra wideband spot that lets you unlock adjacent Pixel devices and prime BMW vehicles.

Overall, show betwixt the 2 is akin and artillery beingness connected the 41mm models is astir the same, averaging astir 24 hours per charge. With the Watch 2, you’re lone truly missing retired connected the caller workout features (other once-exclusive Wear OS 5 features person started to trickle down to the Watch 2), positive a surface that’s said to beryllium doubly arsenic bright. If you don’t consciousness those Watch 3 traits are worthy the $350 starting price, we’d inactive happily urge picking up the older model.

The Pixel Watch 2 lasts a reliable 24 hours connected a azygous complaint with the always-on show enabled. It offers the aforesaid Qualcomm processor arsenic the caller Pixel Watch 3, on with a multipath wellness sensor, Wear OS 5 compatibility, and a big of invited information features.

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